census

(noun)

An official count of members of a population (not necessarily human), usually residents or citizens in a particular region, often done at regular intervals.

Related Terms

Examples of census in the following topics:

  • The 16th Amendment

    • The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
    • The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.

  • Congressional Districts

    • The quantity (apportionment) and boundaries (redistricting) of districts are determined after each census, although in some cases states have changed the boundaries more than once per census.
    • The census is used to gauge each state's population and thus, proportional need for representation.
    • For example, since the 2000 census, Nebraska has had three districts, but it used to have as many as six.
    • Texas currently has 32 districts, but will be adding 4 due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 census.
    • As of the 2000 census, the average population per district is 646,946 people.

  • Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.

    • Census Bureau.
    • Census, White Americans (non-Hispanic/Latino and Hispanic/Latino) are the racial majority, with an 72% share of the U.S. population, per 2010 US Census.
    • The United States Census Bureau also classifies Americans as "Hispanic or Latino" and "Not Hispanic or Latino", which identifies Hispanic and Latino Americans as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.
    • In the 2000 Census and subsequent United States Census Bureau surveys, Americans self-described as belonging to following racial groups.
    • The Census Bureau projects that by 2050 one-quarter of the population will be Hispanic or Latino.

  • The Powers of Local Government

    • The US Census Bureau conducts the Census of Governments every five years to compile statistics on government organization, public employment, and government finances.
    • The categories of local government established in this Census of Governments is a convenient basis for understanding local government: county governments, town or township governments, municipal governments and special-purpose local governments.
    • This concept corresponds roughly to the incorporated places that are recognized in Census Bureau reporting of population and housing statistics.

  • The 15th Amendment

    • In the 1870 census, blacks outnumbered whites in terms of total population in Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina.

  • The House and the Senate: Differences in Responsibilities and Representation

    • Under Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned among the states by population, as determined by the census conducted every ten years.
    • The number was temporarily increased to 437 in 1959 upon the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, seating one representative from each of those states without changing existing apportionment, and returned to 435 four years later, after the reapportionment consequent to the 1960 census.
    • Typically, states redraw these district lines after each census, though they may do so at other times.

  • Maintaining a Strong Economy

    • Organizations within the Department of Commerce include the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the International Trade Administration.

  • Powers Denied to Congress

    • No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

  • The Working Poor

    • Census Bureau's official definition of poverty, 8.8 million US families were below the poverty line (11.1% of all families).

  • Electoral Districts

    • Seats in the United States House of Representatives, for instance, are reapportioned to individual states every 10 years following a census, with some states that have grown in population gaining seats.
    • Seats in the United States House of Representatives, for instance, are reapportioned to individual states every 10 years following a census, with some states that have grown in population gaining seats.